P479 Teletext 479 Apr28 21:42:56 —————————— —— BIDDING TIPS bz Andrew Kambites At Game All S A 8 what should H A Q 8 5 4 South rebid D Q 7 4 with this hand C Q 5 2 in the auctions below? (A) South West North East 1H Double 3H NO ??? (B) South West North East 1H Double 2NT NO ??? ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— Bridge Diary updates on Monday TO LIST YOUR EVENTS CALL 01734 351052 PLEASE GIVE AT LEAST A MONTH'S NOTICE Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Apr28 21:47:47 —————————— —— BIDDING TIPS continued South would normally raise to 4H if his 1H was raised to 3H, but in Auction A 3H after the double shows only a sound raise to 2H, so South should pass. In Auction B, 2NT is conventional, showing at least a normal raise to 3H. South should accept the game try bz jumping to 4H. Note that North can show a very strong hand with heart support bz bidding 2NT first and make a slam try later. ——————————————————————————————————2/7—— Bridge Diary updates on Monday TO LIST YOUR EVENTS CALL 01734 351052 PLEASE GIVE AT LEAST A MONTH'S NOTICE Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Apr28 22:34:51 —————————— —— BRIDGE PLAY TECHNIQUE - Derek Remington S 9 S 7 6 4 3 H K 4 2 H A 8 5 D A K Q 8 7 W E D J 10 4 C A Q 9 5 C K 6 2 North leads HQ against 5D bz West. The 11th trick may conj from a 3-3 club break or from a club ruff if an opponent is long in both minors. There is anothjt chance and a type of Echelon Play covers all possibilities. What is it? (See next page). >>>> ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— Fun and Games Index 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Apr28 22:18:43 —————————— —— BRIDGE PLAY TECHNIQUE - SOLUTION S 9 W E S 7 6 4 3 H K 4 2 S H A 8 5 D A K Q 8 7 D J 10 4 C A Q 9 5 C K 6 2 S K J 8 5 2 H 10 7 3 D 9 6 3 C 10 8 Give South the chance to ruff a loser! Win with HA. Cash DA-J, CA-K, and lead C6. If South ruffs, the CQ remains for a heart discard othjrwisj C: is ruffed. ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Fun and Games Index 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Apr28 22:12:55 —————————— —— BRIDGE NEWS The British Universities Teams-of-four Championship for the Portland Bowl was won for the first time bz Oxford(Paul Fearnhjad, Alex Fearnhjad, Luke Kerr, Robin Prestwick and Abbey Walker). In the final Oxford A beat Nottingham A (Mark Hancock, Phil Chow, Ben Tarlow and Shaan Khan) bz 28 IMPs. Leeds took 3rd place by beating Durham bz 24 IMPs. Seven times winners Cambridge did not figure in this year's finals. ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— Fun and Games Index 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Apr28 22:47:44 —————————— —— EUROPEAN UNION CHAMPIONSHIPS The silver taken in the Mixed Teams remains Great Britain's only medal. In the Juniors Britain's David Bakhshi & Simon Pollack, Tom Townsend & Martin Jones. Mark Bratley & Ed Sheldon, who were lying 3rd with one match to go, lost to Israel who took bronze. Gold went to the strong Danish team who were 3rd in the world championship, Denmark ended 15 VPs ahead of Italy, 2nd with 200 VPs. ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— Fun and Games Index 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Apr28 22:41:45 —————————— —— EUROPEAN UNION CHAMPIONSHIPS continued In the Ladies series, Nicola Smith & Pat Davies, Kay Preddz & Jill Cassry of Great Britain staged a late run winning all their last matches. They had left it too late and ended 5th on 178 VPs. Austria had poor results on the last 2 matches but still ended 1st (215) ahead of France(202)and Belgium A (191) In the Open Sweden took gold, Italy silvjt, and France bronze. Italy also won the Victor Ludorum. ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— Fun and Games Index 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr Grooves